How many matches from a stick?

The recipe for crafting matches is 1 chunk of sulphur on top of 1 stick. How many matches should that produce? Each match can only be used once to light single fire or fuse.

Remember this is for survival modes, in creative you have unlimited supply of matches. Also, one stick and one chunk of sulphur is not that difficult to get.

12 Comments

  1. momo6913
    Posted May 2, 2012 at 18:59 | Permalink | Reply

    I voted barack Obama :P

  2. Jriot10
    Posted May 2, 2012 at 20:08 | Permalink | Reply

    I think it should be eight because a single use is not much

  3. survivaler
    Posted May 2, 2012 at 20:10 | Permalink | Reply

    4

  4. Posted May 2, 2012 at 20:32 | Permalink | Reply

    I voted 4, for as long as TNT is the only thing that requires it. If you have to light torches or lamps on fire later I would say 8-12 matches per stick.

    • Posted May 2, 2012 at 21:24 | Permalink | Reply

      TNT and setting things on fire.

      • Posted May 2, 2012 at 22:18 | Permalink | Reply

        I’d say 8 would be good then. Matches are tiny but useful. 10 or more would probably be too much.Or we can do the good ol’ 6 if 8 is too many.

  5. robert
    Posted May 3, 2012 at 00:10 | Permalink | Reply

    If a stick and coal only makes 4 torches, the same should apply for matches

    • Jriot10
      Posted May 3, 2012 at 00:43 | Permalink | Reply

      Well sulfur is a littl harder to find

      • robert
        Posted May 3, 2012 at 00:46 | Permalink | Reply

        In that case, it should be 8

      • korbaksc
        Posted May 3, 2012 at 04:54 | Permalink | Reply

        And matches are smaller than torches and need less materials to craft for the same quantity… Thus I think 10 is the right number. 8 is not convenient to stack…

      • Jriot10
        Posted May 3, 2012 at 14:21 | Permalink | Reply

        Sure it is. 5 sets of 8 gives you fourty

  6. Tanner
    Posted May 3, 2012 at 03:26 | Permalink | Reply

    Cool can’t wait…

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